Posted by Bill on April 20, 2016

What does the language do:

Swift is a programming language developed by Apple for iOS, OSX and watchOS development. The language adopts the best of C and Objective-C, without having the constraints of C compatibility. Swift designers took ideas from various other popular languages such as Objective-C, Rust, Haskell, Ruby, Python, C#, and CLU to make it what it is today.

Products that use the language:

  1. Lyft
  2. LinkedIn
  3. Hipmunk
  4. Strava

Companies that use them:

  1. Lyft
  2. LinkedIn
  3. Hipmunk
  4. Strava

Sample Code:

println("Hello world!")

How much does a developer get paid:

On average $112,000 a year (via Indeed)

Difficulty Rating:

Resources to learn the language:

  1. Tutorials Point (Free)
  2. Hacking With Swift (Free)
  3. Udemy (Paid)
  4. Team Treehouse (Paid)